Lyndon B. Johnson was an imposing figure in Washington, known for his effective but heavy-handed methods for corralling political support. He is the last vice president to become president after ...

Born: August 27, 1908, in Stonewall, Texas... Lyndon Johnson was the first president to appoint an African American to the Supreme Court. On June 13, 1967, Johnson named Thurgood Marshall ...

Vice-President Lyndon B. Johnson assumed the presidency after the assassination of President John Kennedy in November 1963. Johnson declared a “war on poverty” in his 1964 election campaign, ...

Truman, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Gerald R. Ford (Roosevelt, Coolidge, Truman, and Lyndon Johnson were subsequently re-elected as president). Five other vice presidents have attained the presidency ...

Marshall, Vice President under Woodrow Wilson Measured by the company he keeps and the gatherings he attends, Vice President Lyndon ... L.B.J., was Senate Majority Leader. In those days, Johnson ...

President Lyndon B. Johnson informed the nation last night ... Many observers predicted that last night's announcement would help Vice President Humphrey in his uphill fight against front-running ...

President Lyndon B. Johnson barked into the two-way radio: "One to Mike, One to Mike!" Secret Service Agent Mike Howard, riding behind the President's aqua vehicle in a more sedate station wagon ...

"A Great Society" for the American people and their fellow men elsewhere was the vision of Lyndon B ... In the 1960 campaign, Johnson, as John F. Kennedy's running mate, was elected Vice President. On ...